SANTA ANITA PARK, Arcadia, CA
| 1 | Tapizar | Margin: 4¼ | TrueNicks: B+ | $60,000 |
2008 | Bay Colt | Tapit - Winning Call, Deputy Minister
Sire: Tapit , Gray or Roan, 2001. Raced 2 years. 6 starts, 3 wins, $557,300. Lifetime: 371 yearlings sold, median $75,000.
Broodmare Sire: Deputy Minister, Dark Bay or Brown, 1979.
| 2 | Clubhouse Ride | Margin: 5 | TrueNicks: B+ | $20,000 |
2008 | Chestnut Horse | Candy Ride (ARG) - Seeking Results, Seeking the Gold
Sire: Candy Ride (ARG) , Bay, 1999. Raced 2 years. 6 starts, 6 wins, $749,149. Lifetime: 260 yearlings sold, median $36,071.
Broodmare Sire: Seeking the Gold, Bay, 1985.
Sale History:
Barretts Equine Limited January 2010 Mixed Sale, $22,000.
| 3 | Anthony's Cross | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: B | $12,000 |
2008 | Bay Colt | Indian Charlie - Screening, Unbridled
Sire: Indian Charlie, Bay, 1995. Raced 2 years. 5 starts, 4 wins, $616,120. Lifetime: 502 yearlings sold, median $55,000.
Broodmare Sire: Unbridled, Bay, 1987.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton New York Saratoga 2009 Select Yearling Sale, $300,000.
Others: Uncle Sam, $6,000; Pride of Silver, $2,000.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tapizar | Garrett K. Gomez | Steven M. Asmussen |
| 2 | Clubhouse Ride | Patrick A. Valenzuela | Craig Anthony Lewis |
| 3 | Anthony's Cross | Joel Rosario | Eoin G. Harty |
| 4 | Uncle Sam | Rafael Bejarano | Bob Baffert |
| 5 | Pride of Silver | Victor Espinoza | Robert B. Hess, Jr. |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Tapizar | Garrett K. Gomez | $4.20 | $2.80 | $2.10 | ||||||
| 1 | Clubhouse Ride | Patrick A. Valenzuela | $3.40 | $2.20 | |||||||
| 3 | Anthony's Cross | Joel Rosario | $2.60 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (4-1) | $13.20 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (4-1-3) | $37.80 | ||||||||||
Clubhouse Ride, freed from Game On Dude for the first time in five months, finally had his day when he captured the $150,000 Californian Stakes (gr. II) for his first graded stakes win June 1 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Saturday, June 01, 2013
Six-S Racing Stable and Niko Petralia's Clubhouse Ride, second to Game On Dude in the $1.5 million Charles Town Classic (gr. II) in his last start, will face six others in the $150,000 Californian Stakes (gr. II) June 1.
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
The Charles Town board of stewards, track officials, and Equibase have amended the official time for the April 20 Charles Town Classic (gr. II), won by Game on Dude.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Game On Dude earned $1 million the evening of April 20, but he had to work hard for it in the $1.5 million Charles Town Classic (gr. II) at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Game On Dude and Ron the Greek, two of the top older horses in training, are among the seven horses entered in the $1.5 million Charles Town Classic (gr. II) April 20.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Game On Dude arrived at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races April 16 in anticipation of a start in the $1.5 million Charles Town Classic (gr. II) April 20 at the West Virginia track.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Game On Dude erased any doubts about his ability to get 1 1/4 miles and proved once more that he's the king of Santa Anita Park with a breathtaking front-running score in the $750,000 Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I) March 2.
Saturday, March 02, 2013
Game On Dude and Ron the Greek, horses with contrasting styles but both possessing a victory in the Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I), are the clear standouts in the marquee event for handicap horses March 2 at Santa Anita Park.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Called to Serve registered his third straight bullet work in preparation for the Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I) when he went five furlongs on Santa Anita Park's fast main track Feb. 22 in :59 1/5 with Gary Stevens up.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Game On Dude took some heat for six furlongs, then sped away in the stretch to take the $196,000 San Antonio Stakes (gr. II) as expected Feb. 3 for his sixth win in seven tries at Santa Anita Park.
Sunday, February 03, 2013
Game On Dude will have at most four rivals when he returns to Santa Anita Park in the $200,000 San Antonio Stakes (gr. II) on Super Bowl Sunday Feb. 3.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
Into Mischief closed out 2012 as the third leading freshman sire, following late-season stakes wins by his sons Goldencents, Vyjack, and Sittin At the Bar.
Antony Beck of Gainesway, which stands new stallions To Honor and Serve and Tapizar, has been shopping at both the Keeneland November breeding stock sale and the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale for mares.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Evan Hammonds recaps a few 3-year-old races, including the Sham Stakes and Jerome Stakes.
Odds-on favorite Goldencents got his start on the Triple Crown trail off to a solid start with a 1 1/2-length victory in the $100,000 Sham Stakes (gr. III) Jan. 5 at Santa Anita Park.
Saturday, January 05, 2013
Status change results in grade I winner Comma to the Top securing third graded stakes victory of his career.
Thursday, January 03, 2013
The Triple Crown season at Santa Anita Park begins Jan. 5 with the Sham Stakes (gr. III) led by Goldencents, recent winner of the $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot (gr. III) and runner-up in the Champagne Stakes (gr. I).
Wednesday, January 02, 2013Tapit, whose son Tapizar won the recent Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I), will keep the same $125,000 stud fee for 2013 that he stood for in 2012.
Friday, November 09, 2012
Multiple graded stakes winner Tapizar, winner of the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I) Nov. 3, will enter stud in 2013 at the Beck family's Gainesway Farm near Lexington.
Thursday, November 08, 2012
Five of the seven Breeders' Cup winners with Churchill Downs ties will be paraded beneath the Twin Spires Nov. 11.
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Relive the races and sights of the Saturday race card.
Comments from the owner of 2012 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Tapizar.
Tapizar, returning to the scene of his only graded stakes wins for trainer Steve Asmussen, took the lead in upper stretch and drew away for a handy win in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I) at Santa Anita Park Nov. 3.
Saturday, November 03, 2012
To Honor and Serve and Shackleford renew their one-turn rivalry at Belmont Park in the one-mile Kelso Handicap (gr. II) as part of "Super Saturday" Sept. 29 at Belmont.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Game On Dude seeks the third grade I victory of his career in the $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup July 7 at Betfair Hollywood Park, a race he lost by a nose last year.
Wednesday, July 04, 2012
Through the remainder of the year, I am going to recount some of my most memorable experiences/moments in racing over the past 40 years. We begin with Rachel Alexandra's victory in the 2009 Woodward Stakes to kick off Saratoga's 150th anniversary. [More]